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For example, in 1905, Queensland's Chief Protector of Aboriginals cited the Act to define a "half-caste" as "Any person being the offspring of an aboriginal mother and other than an aboriginal father – whether male or female, whose age, in the opinion of the Protector, does not exceed sixteen, is deemed to be an aboriginal". The Chief ...
In proclaiming the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, Queensland Parliament intended to provide "blanket" statutory protection to ALL of Queensland's Aboriginal cultural heritage, irrespective of whether or not that heritage is known toland users. [3]
Canadian Aboriginal Law is different from Canadian Indigenous law: In Canada, Indigenous Law refers to the legal traditions, customs, and practices of Indigenous peoples and groups. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Aboriginal peoples as a collective noun [ 4 ] is a specific term of art used in legal documents, including the Constitution Act, 1982 , and includes ...
Before the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897, various religious organisations had established a number of mission stations, and the Colony of Queensland government had gazetted small areas as reserves for Aboriginal people to use. Once the Act was passed, all Aboriginal reserves became subject to the Act.
Indigenous or Aboriginal self-government refers to proposals to give governments representing the Indigenous peoples in Canada greater powers of government. [16] These proposals range from giving Aboriginal governments powers similar to that of local governments in Canada to demands that Indigenous governments be recognized as sovereign, and capable of "nation-to-nation" negotiations as legal ...
Some of the targets of the League's campaigns apart from Hope Vale were: Queensland legislation which still discriminated against Indigenous people (the Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ Affairs Act 1965 and its 1971 successors), police brutality (especially in Mareeba and Mossman [4]), the 1967 referendum, educational opportunities ...
The Act implements property rights. [3] The Act requires humane treatment in detention and imprisonment; fair hearings. [3] The Act implements rights in criminal proceedings regarding children specifically as well as in general, and applies retrospectively to criminal laws. [3] The Act implements a right not to be punished more than once. [3]
Aboriginal Heritage Act may refer to various acts of parliament in Australian states and territories, including: Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 , a law in the state of Western Australia governing the protection of Aboriginal cultural sites